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[metadata]
creation_date = "2020/12/22"
maturity = "production"
updated_date = "2022/05/04"
[rule]
author = ["Elastic"]
description = """
The Secure Shell (SSH) authorized_keys file specifies which users are allowed to log into a server using public key
authentication. Adversaries may modify it to maintain persistence on a victim host by adding their own public key(s).
"""
from = "now-9m"
index = ["auditbeat-*", "logs-endpoint.events.*"]
language = "kuery"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "SSH Authorized Keys File Modification"
risk_score = 47
rule_id = "2215b8bd-1759-4ffa-8ab8-55c8e6b32e7f"
severity = "medium"
tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "Linux", "macOS", "Threat Detection", "Persistence"]
timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
type = "query"
query = '''
event.category:file and event.type:(change or creation) and
file.name:("authorized_keys" or "authorized_keys2") and
not process.executable:
(/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/git or
/usr/local/Cellar/maven/*/libexec/bin/mvn or
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk*.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java or
/usr/bin/vim or
/usr/local/Cellar/coreutils/*/bin/gcat or
/usr/bin/bsdtar or
/usr/bin/nautilus or
/usr/bin/scp or
/usr/bin/touch or
/var/lib/docker/* or
/usr/bin/google_guest_agent)
'''
[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1098"
name = "Account Manipulation"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1098/"
[[rule.threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1098.004"
name = "SSH Authorized Keys"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1098/004/"
[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0003"
name = "Persistence"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/"